Anyways, remember the old Chinese saying: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". Moving marriage beyond one man, one woman is the first step.

Thirty years ago, SSM in America seemed inconceivable. Now, apparently it's here to stay. The traditional institution of marriage is now broken and thrown out onto the curb. Why would bigamy or polygamy as a future step seem so inconceivable to you? Modern society has ****** up marriage this far, what's the harm of ******* it up more?

Anyways, remember the old Chinese saying: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". Moving marriage beyond one man, one woman is the first step.

Thirty years ago, SSM in America seemed inconceivable. Now, apparently it's here to stay. The traditional institution of marriage is now broken and thrown out onto the curb. Why would bigamy or polygamy as a future step seem so inconceivable to you? Modern society has ****** up marriage this far, what's the harm of ******* it up more?

You're never going to convince a social conservative that allowing same-sex couples of consenting adults to marry isn't going to break marriage. There are still places in the world where 12- and 13-year-old girls are forced into arranged marriages with 30-40+ year old men they've never met, and historically this was really quite common. That's just fine. But two men who are in love and committed to one another getting married really breaks down the principles of the institution.

And oh, by the way, everyone who favors "traditional marriage" likes to claim that marriage has "always been defined as existing between one man and one woman" and ignoring the fact that for thousands of years the most powerful men in the world could have tens, hundreds, or in some cases even thousands of wives. For example, King David, and likely most of the other early kings of the Israelites. God's chosen people...

Posted by dahsdebater on 6/29/2013 3:57:00 PM (view original):You're never going to convince a social conservative that allowing same-sex couples of consenting adults to marry isn't going to break marriage. There are still places in the world where 12- and 13-year-old girls are forced into arranged marriages with 30-40+ year old men they've never met, and historically this was really quite common. That's just fine. But two men who are in love and committed to one another getting married really breaks down the principles of the institution.